2018 Bold Predictions thread

[TheHurl]

Had some random Bold Predictions Article posted to my social media feeds. Saw there was very little bold in it...

http://www.sportsbreak.com/mlb/15-bold-predictions-for-the-2018-mlb-season/

 

but it sparked my reminder that this thread wasn't up yet. I will post some time later.

[BTS]

- Stroman has a season derailed by injury and is worth fewer than 2 fWAR.

- The bullpen is once again a strength and top-10 in the league.

- Morales gets 550+ PA and has a wRC+ over 110.

- One of Solarte/Diaz has a 3+ win season and steals a starting spot going into 2019.

- Tulo is once again worth fewer than 1 fWAR

[Deadpool]

Had some random Bold Predictions Article posted to my social media feeds. Saw there was very little bold in it...

http://www.sportsbreak.com/mlb/15-bold-predictions-for-the-2018-mlb-season/

 

but it sparked my reminder that this thread wasn't up yet. I will post some time later.

 

Why did you make me read this? Fair warning to anyone who may click on this link, it implies that "Quality Starts" is somehow a new-fangled stat, that Eric Hosmer is a "superstar", it is REALLY REALLY enamoured with RBIs. It actually uses the phrase "hit accurately", 'cause y'know, aim those line drives, amirite?

 

I mean, if you want to hate-read, this is good, but damn.

[KevinGregg]

- One of Solarte/Diaz has a 3+ win season and steals a starting spot going into 2019.

- Tulo is once again worth fewer than 1 fWAR

 

Devon Travis finally gets 600 PA and puts up a 6 WAR season, finishing behind only Altuve in 2B WAR

[BTS]

Devon Travis finally gets 600 PA and puts up a 6 WAR season, finishing behind only Altuve in 2B WAR

 

wow!

[jays4life19]

- Mackenzie Gore is a consensus top 10 prospect when mid season prospect lists come out.

- Trea Turner steals 60 bags and hits 20 HR's

- Garrett Cooper get's selected 2nd overall in one of the dynasty waiver drafts

- Bluejays make the playoffs

- Devon Travis makes the all star game

- SF Giants when the world series over the Astros

- Jon Lester rebounds and puts up a 4+ fWAR season.

[BTS]

- Mackenzie Gore is a consensus top 10 prospect when mid season prospect lists come out.

- Trea Turner steals 60 bags and hits 20 HR's

- Garrett Cooper get's selected 2nd overall in one of the dynasty waiver drafts

- Bluejays make the playoffs

- Devon Travis makes the all star game

- SF Giants when the world series over the Astros

- Jon Lester rebounds and puts up a 4+ fWAR season.

 

Mods please ban

[jays4life19]

Mods please ban

 

Rude!

[AledmysDiaz]

Jays finish with 75-80 wins after a subpar season from Donaldson, Smoak and Morales. The offense is once again bottom 5 in the majors

 

Starting pitching is th strenght with bounce back season from Stroman and Sanchez but the team has too many issues scoring runs

 

Martin, Tulo, Travis, and Grichuk all struggle with injuries. Shapiro is under pressure from fans to bring up Vlad in September but doesn't do it. Bichette drops off the map a bit but Pearson gains huge. Tellez bounes back huge

 

At seasons end all of Alford Hernandez Jansen and Urena are regular contributors.

[Orgfiller]

-Granderson + Pearce/Teoscar/others platoon puts up a 4+ win season

-Aledmys Diaz + Solarte put up 3.5 wins covering for Tulo and Travis

-Aaron Sanchez is healthy but complete garbage, walks for days

-Tim Mayza establishes himself as the second/third best reliever on the team (depending on matchup). Oh is the other, instant fan favourite

 

-All of LoMo/Yonder Alonso/Smoak put up 120+ wRC+ seasons again

-Aaron Judge regresses to put up a ~115 wRC+ with a K rate hovering or surpassing 35%, his defense will be bad. Put Gary Sanchez along the same lines here. Stanton on the other hand cruises past 60 HR and is awesome again (ugh), Brandon Drury will inexplicably have a 3 win season

-Matt Chapman is a top 5 third baseman by season's end

-Ohtani is 2015 Trevor Bauer as a pitcher, ~75 wRC+ as a hitter with good power but ultimately overmatched and hurt by the infrequent plate appearances

[BTS]

-Granderson + Pearce/Teoscar/others platoon puts up a 4+ win season

-Aledmys Diaz + Solarte put up 3.5 wins covering for Tulo and Travis

-Aaron Sanchez is healthy but complete garbage, walks for days

-Tim Mayza establishes himself as the second/third best reliever on the team (depending on matchup). Oh is the other, instant fan favourite

 

-All of LoMo/Yonder Alonso/Smoak put up 120+ wRC+ seasons again

-Aaron Judge regresses to put up a ~115 wRC+ with a K rate hovering or surpassing 35%, his defense will be bad. Put Gary Sanchez along the same lines here. Stanton on the other hand cruises past 60 HR and is awesome again (ugh), Brandon Drury will inexplicably have a 3 win season

-Matt Chapman is a top 5 third baseman by season's end

-Ohtani is 2015 Trevor Bauer as a pitcher, ~75 wRC+ as a hitter with good power but ultimately overmatched and hurt by the infrequent plate appearances

 

I think every one of these are unlikely, but plausible. Good predictions!

[Dr. Dinger]

- Solarte & Diaz are fat and both suck

- Aaron Judge hits fewer than 30 HR

- Luis Severino needs TJS

- Josh Donaldson misses 50+ games and gets less than $100M in free agency; does not re-sign with Jays

- Vlad Jr "disappoints" in AA with a sub.-800 OPS and eats himself off 3B

- Jays finish at exactly .500 and make no meaningful trades in either direction at the deadline

[Terminator]

-Teoscar Hernandez starts in the minors but ends the season with 20+ homers for the big league team

-Diaz shines to the tune of a 3 WAR season and by the time Tulo comes back he finds himself out of a starting job

-Randall Grichuk hits 30+ homers and provides solid defense, also turns in a 3 WAR season

-Morales gets less than 50% of the DH ABs as Gibby turns to other options which include Pearce/Grandy/Teoscar/Tulo/Solarte to go along with resting Travis and Donaldson

-Kevin Pillar has another solid season but gets traded midseason to make way for Anthony Alford as the starting CF

-The bullpen sucks and is a focus at the trade deadline

-Marco Estrada bounces back and has a sub 3.75 WAR

-The Jays host the Wild Card game

[AledmysDiaz]

- Solarte & Diaz are fat and both suck

- Aaron Judge hits fewer than 30 HR

- Luis Severino needs TJS

- Josh Donaldson misses 50+ games and gets less than $100M in free agency; does not re-sign with Jays

- Vlad Jr "disappoints" in AA with a sub.-800 OPS and eats himself off 3B

- Jays finish at exactly .500 and make no meaningful trades in either direction at the deadline

 

Darkest Timeline

[Dr. Dinger]

Darkest Timeline

 

I seen some s***.

[Pendleton]

Mile High Kyle is a top 50 prospect by season's end

[Bobthe4th]

Ohtani wins the Cy Young, Sanchez finishes second

 

The Red Sox and Dodgers fail to make the playoffs

 

Pillar is the only Jays position player All Star

 

Morales has a better season than Smoak

[bones10]

Jays win the AL East after the redsox and Yankees team busses crash into each other injuring several key players. Jays promptly btfo in the ALDS by the indians.

 

Or the Jays make the 2nd wild card spot only to get blown out by the red sox in the wild card game.

[AledmysDiaz]

Jays win the AL East after the redsox and Yankees team busses crash into each other injuring several key players. Jays promptly btfo in the ALDS by the indians.

 

Or the Jays make the 2nd wild card spot only to get blown out by the red sox in the wild card game.

 

"I believe the quantum fissure we discovered is a fixed point across the space-time continuum; a key-hole which intersects many other quantum realities. For any event there is an infinite number of outcomes. Our choices determine which outcomes will follow. But there is a theory in quantum physics that all possibilities that can happen do happen in alternate quantum realities." - Data

[Jimcanuck]

Donaldson traded at the deadline for Royce Lewis, Twinkies move s*** fielding Sano to 1B

Matt Kemp and Yadier Alvarez traded to the Jays for Harold Ramirez

Vlad moved from 3B to 1B in AA

Smoak (130wRC+) and Happ traded at the deadline to the Yankees for Florial

Jays resign Donaldson in the offseason for 5/125

 

Jays and Orioles deadlocked for last place in ALE

[ChrisS]

Blue Jays win the wild card game in extra innings at Fenway.

[Jonn]

Russell Martin hits 30 homeruns.

Smoak hits under 20 homeruns

Travis plays 150+ games

Kevin Pillar leads the team in WAR

Osuna loses the closers role

Stroman doesn't bitch all season

Bo debuts before Vlad

[saskjayfan]

- Stroman has a season derailed by injury and is worth fewer than 2 fWAR.

- The bullpen is once again a strength and top-10 in the league.

- Morales gets 550+ PA and has a wRC+ over 110.

- One of Solarte/Diaz has a 3+ win season and steals a starting spot going into 2019.

- Tulo is once again worth fewer than 1 fWAR

 

Tulo is once again worth fewer than 1 fWAR. That seems to be consensus around here. I wouldn't call that a bold prediction.

[Spanky99]

Why did you make me read this? Fair warning to anyone who may click on this link, it implies that "Quality Starts" is somehow a new-fangled stat, that Eric Hosmer is a "superstar", it is REALLY REALLY enamoured with RBIs. It actually uses the phrase "hit accurately", 'cause y'know, aim those line drives, amirite?

 

I mean, if you want to hate-read, this is good, but damn.

 

lol

[Daniel Labude]

Jays win 85 games

 

Stroman and Sanchez combine for 380 innings and a 3.5 ERA

 

Vlad Jr plays 20 MLB games in September

 

Travis his 20 HRs and .300 average

 

Donaldson makes a run at the triple crown

[Abomination]

Sanchez gets at least one vote for AL Cy Young

 

Judge spends time in AAA

 

Sale's elbow finally runs out of luck

 

Chapman gets into the crosshairs of PETA after pulling a Randy Johnson

 

Trump somehow tries to take credit for opening day in baseball occurring

 

The first home run of 2018 will be hit by someone who hit less than 10 last year

 

Goldy will hit more home runs this year than last year

 

No player reaches 50 SB in 2018

 

Ohtani doesn't hit a home run until after the all-star break

[Boxcar]

Had some random Bold Predictions Article posted to my social media feeds. Saw there was very little bold in it...

http://www.sportsbreak.com/mlb/15-bold-predictions-for-the-2018-mlb-season/

 

but it sparked my reminder that this thread wasn't up yet. I will post some time later.

 

That article gave me literal cancer. f*** you.

[tercet]

I will weigh more then Spanky by the end of the season

 

Biagani will be dfa'ed mid summer

 

Donaldson will get traded

 

We will sign harper in the offseason

[jays4life19]

I will weigh more then Spanky by the end of the season

 

Biagani will be dfa'ed mid summer

 

Donaldson will get traded

 

We will sign harper in the offseason

 

I would put money that 0 of those things happen.

[King]

 

Tiny Tim (5IP 6K 1.80 ERA) gets an MLB save